A man (Rex Harrison) wakes up in an inn in Wales with no memory. He is diagnosed by the local doctor (Cecil Parker) as a victim of amnesia. As he and the doctor attempt to investigate his past in an attempt to discover his true identity, what they discover is a deceitful bigamist, a man with many identities and just as many wives! Directed by Sidney Gilliat, best known as the writer of such British classic movie thrillers as
THE LADY VANISHES and
GREEN FOR DANGER, the film is moderately amusing and expertly played by Harrison at his most charming but it never fulfills its comedic potential. There's no payoff. It just sort of runs out of steam and ends in an unsatisfying conclusion. The score is by Malcolm Arnold (
BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI). The large and gifted supporting cast includes Margaret Leighton as Harrison's solicitor, Kay Kendall, Nicole Maurey, Valerie French as three of his wives, Robert Coote and Michael Hordern.
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